Template:Episode"Pathfinder" is the fourth episode of the second season on For All Mankind.
Synopsis
With a little help from Molly, Ed plans a career change - as his old Jamestown crewmates Gordo and Danielle struggle.
Plot
Karen prepares breakfast and is joined by Ed, who reads over a paper she wants him to sign. He asks why she was cancelling their trip to the Bahamas and she says that she did it since he would be going back to space, which confuses him, but she says that he would be going on Pathfinder. He tells her that he would not be going back up, as he was happy where he was, but she tells him that he obviously was not. He said that he was very upset and had overreacted, but she says that he has a special look when every launch goes up or when he talks about Pathfinder. She tells him that things would be different since she would be running Outpost and would not be sucked into being worried about him all the time, but tells him to go.
Ed makes it to NASA and looks at his board and eyes his Pathfinder model with a smile.
Gordo gets into a space suit and is asked if he feels comfortable. He says that he does like it, When they put the helmet on and lock it, he feels his heart pumping faster and breathes heavier, but manages to tell the people helping him that everything was alright. He goes to the bathroom, breathing heavily.
Ed is poured three shots by Danny Stevens at Outpost. He tells him not to let anyone harass his daughter. Ed is joined by Danielle and Gordo; and they all drink their shots. He tells them that he has decided to go back to space and command Pathfinder. When Danielle asks why, he tells her that she inspired him and that they had been doing great on their performance tests. Gordo does not look so good, and says that he had a weird moment in his suit where he felt trapped and mentioned that he had to take his helmet off. Ed mentions that Gordo had changed a lot in 9 years and Danielle says that he had gone to therapy. Danielle says it is good to be back, but mentions that she has to take care of family business in Dallas. Danielle asks who would be taking command of the astronaut office, and Ed laughs.
Molly smokes in the bathtub and is joined by Ed, who laughs at her appearance. She asks what he was doing there and offers him a beer. He grabs one and tells her that he was there to put her back to work. He tells her that he wanted her to run the astronaut office since he would be commanding Pathfinder, but she tells him that she was missing with him. She tells him that she did not want to run the astronaut the office since she wanted to fly, but he tells her to take the office until her medical leave finished, when she could assign herself to any mission she wanted.
Danielle visits someone, telling her that she had a box of Clayton's belongings, which the woman looks at. The woman thanks Danielle for bringing her those, and Danielle tells her that she hoped they could make a fresh start. When the other woman asks why, Danielle says that because they had both had sex with Clayton, but she tells her that she knew the truth about what had happened on the moon. Danielle leaves annoyed, but the woman gives her one of Clayton's medals, which he did not throw away. She tells her that Danielle had filled with ideas with patriotic ideas, which turns out he did not like.